Care for people suffering from depressive symptoms should be given in a step-wise approach. One first step can be the provision of self-help material. Online self-help is an innovative way of providing self-help. The investigators want to study the effect of an interactive online self-help-program (Deprexis) in the treatment of mild to moderate depressive symptoms. Participants will be randomised to either twelve weeks of online-self help or a waiting-list control. Symptoms of depression and other aspects will be assessed over a one year period. Thereafter the controls will also receive online-self help. The investigators hypothesise that online self-help is superior to the control condition in alleviating depressive symptoms and preventing full blown depression.
This study is supported by the German Ministry of Health (BMG) and is a collaborative project of Universität Bern (PD Dr. Thomas Berger), Charité Berlin (PD Dr. Matthias Rose), Universität Bielefeld (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Greiner), Universität Hamburg (Prof. Dr. Steffen Moritz, Prof. Dr. Bernd Löwe), GAIA AG Hamburg (Dr. Björn Meyer), Universität Tübingen (Prof. Dr. Martin Hautzinger) and Universität Trier (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lutz).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
1,013
Online self-help with and without e-mail-support
Charité Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Universität Lübeck
Lübeck, Germany
Personal Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Time frame: 12 wks
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD)
Time frame: 12 wks, 6 mths, 12 mths
Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms (QIDS)
Time frame: 12 wks, 6 mths, 12 mths
Personal Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Time frame: 6 mths, 12 mths
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